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My wife's oath ceremony Hi I am waiting for my wife's oath ceremeony. When she passed the interview on April 10th, we requested the interviewer a month extension and get it done in May due to some travel and all. He said he will see what he can do and send a oath ceremony letter in mail...

Followed up again today Hi I went to the USCIS office. In our south indian culture, we have wife adopt husband's first name as her last name. In my wife case also, we both wanted to follow the same tradition. But the officer told us that my wife cannot adopt my first name as her last name...

How did you do that ? Hi I went to citizenship interview today. I wanted to change my last name to my husband's first name. But the officer who interviewed me said I cannot change name. I told him few times clearly that I also have a marraige certificate. Please explain how did you change...

Hi I and my wife attended Naturalization interview today. We both passed. Ofcourse we went separately at two different times. My wife had filled name change in the N400 form and put my first name as her Last name. But the interview officer told her that USCIS cannot change names nowadays. He...

Interview Hi Can I walk-in to interview ? Here is the status Application Filed : 01/25/2012 Priority Dt: 01/27/2012 Check Cashed : 01/20/2012 NOA Recieved : 02/03/2012 USCIS Recieved Dt : 01/27/2012 FP notice dt : 01/27/2012 FP recd : 02/11/2012 FP Done : 02/13/2012 [ walk-in ]...

What should I tell how I support my family ? Until I find a job, this will be a tough one to answer. Any thoughts?

I need more clear answers. What would I write in the row about current employment ? Has anyone experienced the same situation ?

Hi I and my wife are eligible for US Citizenship as of July. We prepared the application and all. But I lost my job on Friday. My wife does not work. My daughter is a US Citizen. - Will that be a problem if applied when I do not have job ? - Do I need to take care of anything before...

US Citizenship Hi, I have GC for the past three years. My wife also got a GC by the same time. We have a daughter born here and so she is US citizen. I just want to get US Citizenship. How long is that wait? Is there anyway I can speed it up? I just lost the job and with the economy...

Applied in March 2006 -------------------- Applied thru a consulting firm in March 2006. Waited until November to get the Approval Notice. Gave 3500 USD to the consulting firm to process the visa based on returning the money minus the lawyer fee and the firm fee. RFE in Nov 2006...

2 1/2 years of Visa Journey Applied in March 2006 -------------------- Applied thru a consulting firm in March 2006. Waited until November to get the Approval Notice. Gave 3500 USD to the consulting firm to process the visa based on returning the money minus the lawyer fee and the firm fee...

Hi My brother went for stamping at Chennai in Nov 07. He went through many questions and he answered all the questions and feeling very satisfied. But the officer told him that he cannot grant a visa and told him that it would be returned to US. I am in US and checked with the employer who...

Hi, My brother went for a H1 visa stamping in Nov 2007. He got interviewed by the officer for 15 minutes. The officer finally gave a 221g and said that he sent it back to USCIS for review. Now it is January. My brother did not recieve any response on this yet. What can I do to help my...

Hi, My brother got a 221g for his H1 visa stamping at Chennai in Nov 2007 and the petition was sent back to USCIS for review. I want to know how long it is going to take ? I approached the lawyer and he is asking another 5000 USD to process through congressman / senator to get the actual...

My Wife's case pending Hi Guys, I got mine approved in July and my wife got an RFE for her I485 as I applied only 485 for her and submitted the RFE response as well in August. But, now they are saying that I should wait for new visas to be available. I am under EB3. How long it would take...